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Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 14, 2016·5 min read

Improved Brain Mapping Tool 20 Times More Powerful Than Previous Version

Researchers have developed a new reagent that is able to map neural networks 20 times more efficiently than their previous versions.

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Autism Featured Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 14, 2016·5 min read

Brain Scan Method Could Detect Autism

A new study reports a newly developed brain imaging method appears to be accurate at detecting autism features.

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·April 13, 2016·5 min read

How LSD Can Make Us Lose Our Sense of Self

Increases in global connectivity in brain networks of people under the influence of LSD correlate with the degree to which a person reported a sense of ego dissolution.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·March 30, 2016·4 min read

A New Theory of Sleep

A new study reports homeostatic rebalancing does not occur during sleep, but rather during periods of wakefulness.

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·March 30, 2016·5 min read

How Functional Connections in the Brain Change Over Time

Researchers apply a new approach to explain how functional neural connections are dynamic.

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Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·March 17, 2016·5 min read

Enriching Human Neuron Transplants to Brain with 3D Technology

Researchers have developed a 3D micro scaffold technology that promotes the reprogramming of stem cells into neurons. The technique can dramatically improve the survival rate of the neurons after transplantation.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 3, 2016·4 min read

Virtual Neurons Created by Blue Brain and the Allen Institute

New, highly realistic computerized models of neurons from a mouse visual cortex have been developed.

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·March 1, 2016·3 min read

Cognitive Deficits in People With Brain Injury May Be Result of Connectivity Disruptions

Researchers have identified complex brain connectivity patterns in TBI patients that may explain cognitive deficits.

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Featured Neuroscience

·February 26, 2016·3 min read

Extreme Events in the Brain

A newly developed math model may help explain how epileptic seizures occur.

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·February 24, 2016·3 min read

Do I Like You? Subconscious Evaluation of Social Groups Occurs in Milliseconds

Researchers have decoded neural processes associated with the subconscious evaluation of social groups.

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Featured Neurology

·February 23, 2016·4 min read

Understanding Consciousness Disorders

Researchers have created a new device that measure brain 'signatures'. The technology could help people with consciousness disorders by assisting physicians work out the best course of treatment.